Reduced respiratory motion artifacts using structural similarity in fast 2D dynamic contrast enhanced MRI of liver lesions

Authors :: Edwin E G W, Ter Voert
Linda, Heijmen
Cornelis J A, Punt
Johannes H W, de Wilt
Hanneke W M, van Laarhoven
Arend, Heerschap
Source :: NMR in biomedicine. 29(11)
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The purpose of this work was to improve dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) of liver lesions by removing motion corrupted images as identified by a structural similarity (SSIM) algorithm, and to assess the effect of this correction on the pharmacokinetic parameter K

Subjects :: Male
Respiratory-Gated Imaging Techniques
Liver Neoplasms
Contrast Media
Reproducibility of Results
Middle Aged
Image Enhancement
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sensitivity and Specificity
Motion
Subtraction Technique
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Respiratory Mechanics
Humans
Female
Artifacts
Colorectal Neoplasms
Algorithms
Aged

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